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The Point of the Blade (5209 words) by Island_of_Reil
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Eagle
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Dubious Consent
Relationships: Marcus Flavius Aquila/Esca Mac Cunoval
Characters: Esca Mac Cunoval, Marcus Flavius Aquila, Old Woman (Màthair)
Additional Tags: Knifeplay, Cutting Clothes Off, Dominance, Submission, Verbal Humiliation, Subspace, Hurt/Comfort, Slavery
Summary: This fic was inspired by Wagnetic/fandreamer's "Once," in which Marcus and Esca stay much longer with the Seal People than they did in canon, and Marcus descends into an unhealthy sort of subspace. In this fic, Esca remains loyal to Marcus... but is not gentle with him.

Inspired by fandreamer's "Once."

Read The Point of the Blade at An Archive of Our Own.

Cross-posted to ninth-eagle and sutcliff_fics.
 

Physician (10,430 words) by island_of_reil
Chapters: 1/1
Fandoms: The Eagle (2011); The Beacon at Alexandria by Gillian Bradshaw
Rating: T
Fanwork type: Gen
Word count: 10,430
Characters: Charis/Chariton of Ephesus, Esca mac Cunoval, Marcus Flavius Aquila, Quintus of Rome, original male characters
Genres: Canon Era, Crossover, First Person POV
Content Notes: Broken bones, graphic surgery, snakes, obscene Latin poetry
Summary: Inspired by bunn's fic "Splendid Things Gleam in the Dust," this fic begins after hers ends. En route from Antinoöpolis, Marcus and Esca stop in Alexandria to board a ship back to Britain. But Esca is injured in a street accident, and they are taken to the clinic of a well-known physician. That physician is Chariton of Ephesus — in truth, Charis, a woman who has been practicing medicine in the guise of a eunuch for many years. This story is told through her eyes.

Read "Physician" at An Archive of Our Own.

X-posted to ninth_eagle.

Upper Hand (4841 words) by Island_of_Reil
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Eagle | The Eagle of the Ninth (2011)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: Marcus Flavius Aquila/Esca Mac Cunoval
Characters: Esca Mac Cunoval, Marcus Flavius Aquila, Original Characters
Additional Tags: Flogging, Alternate Universe - Military, alternative universe, Canon Era, Shame, Corporal Punishment
Summary: A remix of the flogging scene from sineala's "Chosen Man" told from Esca's POV, plus what happens to him immediately afterward.

(You are very welcome, Sineala! Thank you for drawing me into this fandom with that lovely longfic!)

X-posted to LJ and ninth_eagle.